The People v. Doss

January 15, 1942, the grand jury of Piatt county returned into the circuit court of said county an indictment against the plaintiff in error, William A. Doss, charging him with criminal libel fully set forth in the said indictment.

After motion to quash was denied, the defendant pleaded not guilty. Motion to set aside the verdict and grant a new trial was denied and the judgment of conviction and sentence followed. The cause was improperly brought to this court on writ of error and transferred to the Appellate Court for the Third District, because there was no question involved which would…